Essays on Autocad

The land surveying technology has experienced development through the years. Today, the art and science of the land surveying is more advanced comparing to the simple tools and practices used by the Egyptians. The latest technology and advancement has shaped this field as a separate subject. With the implications of technological innovations; the job of surveying becomes more accurate and can be accomplished with great speed and efficacy. This discipline of land survey technology is multidisciplinary and is extensive in nature. This particular technology has come with a lot of advancement and includes different areas such as; Geo-informatics, Marring & ...

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I believe that the integration of digital technology in designs is very necessary and cannot be avoided. This is because of its extensive effects on architecture and its general ambiguity. This paper, I believe, will make it possible for individuals and institutions to analyze and decide appropriately on the use of digital prefabrication, as a new technology in the design systems. Although many opinions have been presented with different position statements, the immediacy of proactive consideration on the digital systems is of utmost importance. In this paper, I have explored the relationship between CAD and CAM, computer and production.

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Lab Report

The objective of this paper is to illustrate the experiences in the classroom during the demonstration of a pilot section.

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The Engineering Design Graphics (EDG) course included the engineering analysis for incorporating the new CAD component in to the computer laboratory. The students were required to construct two solid models that match in terms of their profiles, however they differ slightly in terms of their geometry as shown below: Figure 1: Rocker arm solid model of the rocker arm used for studying, producing, and comparing .MPR files (mass-properties report files).

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SolidWorks is a software solution that covers all the product development processes with an integrated workflow in the process of verification, data and communication handling, and ensuring a design that is sustainable. It is used by designers and engineers to handle large areas of design with a lot of simplicity; this reduces the cycle of design and enhances productivity, thereby, producing products which are innovative in the market. SolidWorks is a design automation software used to sketch ideas and experiment with different design tools to create 3D models. It is used by students, designers, engineers, among other professionals to produce simple and ...

Most of the computer aided design programs that are used today in drafting may seem new to many people even though they have been in use for more than a decade. These programs trace their origin to about 50 years ago. The modern technology designs and drafting are viewed as a result of the sixteenth and seventeenth century development of the descriptive geometry. Most of the work aimed at developing computer aided drafting intensified in the post war era, with many people working at MIT on the numerical control of machine tools and automating drafting and designing. During the 1950s, ...

About two decades ago almost every drawing produced in the world was done either in ink or with a pencil. CAD has fundamentally transformed the method of design formulation. However, in 1982, this changed due to the discovery of a software application for 2-D and 3-D computer –aided designs (CAD). AutoCAD began as a desktop application. Since 2010 it has now become a cloud- and web-based application marketed as AutoCAD 360. This software was constructed and marketed by Autodesk Inc. and was initially released in December 1982 after being bought by John Walker, Autodesk founder, a year before in its original form (Conforti 8). ...

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Animation in simple words means to give life, and the job of an animator is precisely that, to give life to static image or objects. Computer animation has traveled a long way, and today, the computer animation artists enjoy complete freedom to draw, model and animate objects in those infinite digital landscapes. The purpose of the essay is to look at the history of animation, and how it all started with simple drawings. The increasing sophistication and the realism of 3-D animation only reflect the never-ending possibilities of computer technology and the exponential processing power of a computer. With the ...

In his article, Multiplicitous and Inorganic Bodies, Lynn tackles the relevance of understanding the principles of proportional geometry. By incorporating this principles on architectural designs, architects can achieve harmony which results to a natural, well-crafted work (Lynn, 1992). As a professor of architecture, Lynn is thoroughly concerned with the spatial bodies of inanimate objects he refers to as ‘organisms’. Lynn argues that in order to better understand any object, destroying it would be the first option. Similarly, biological sciences attempt to study the vital functions of the organs through live dissection and open surgery. In architecture, creating a plan is also a simple ...

- Abstract - Construction is an essential factor in the progress of the human civilization. It is in the construction industry that our infrastructure depends upon. The construction life cycle has several phases in it, one of these phases is the design phase. Before the advancement in computing technology - the invention of modern computers - construction engineers do manual designs; that is, through pencil and paper. This method of designing has become unfit as larger more complicated infrastructures and engineering designs develop. Hence, the need for a tool that will help construction engineers in the design phase. On ...

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Presented in this report are the results and the discussion of results for static and dynamic balancing. Static and dynamic balancing of rotating element in a machine is very important. The report has shown that the disks may be statically balanced but dynamically unbalanced. In the second part of this experiment, the arrangement required to balance the rotating shaft dynamically was obtained. The observations and results obtained in this experiment were consistent with our expectations. The second part of the experiment-involved determination of parameters needed to balance shaft and dynamically. The parameters determined in this case in order to balance ...

Design of an Automatic Water Control System for a Bathroom

Appendix: Gantt Chart 7 References 8 1.0 Problem Statement This proposal is about the design of an automatic water control system for residential bathrooms. The goal of the design system will be to reduce wasted water and the time that is required to achieve a desired water temperature, and, to protect children from hot water injuries. 2.0 Background Qatar is facing a scarcity of water resources. In the online journal “The Edge”, Barry Mansfield states that Qatar pays approximately $6.9B USD on sea water desalination to produce clean water due to the lack of natural water ...

Technical graphic communication involves the use of images to communicate information, especially among professionals in the technical design professions. CAD generated images usually accompany text as an approach to clarifying one’s point to one’s audience, whereby a person presents an idea as perceived with minimal use of words. Therefore, CAD enhances communication considerably since it improves the comprehensibility of the message to recipients and enables them to respond appropriately (Harrington, Burchard & Pitzer, 2002). Use of various imaging systems including software and manual drawing has various advantages in communications, especially since images are more effective at conveying a message than ...

The benefits associated with the use of building information modeling are increasing need to adopt its use in the building and construction industry. This paper addresses and defines building information modeling, challenges and the benefits it offers owners architectures and engineers. In addition, various aspects and functions of AutoCAD based software such as, Land Development, AutoCAD Civil 3D and AutoCAD Revit architecture are discussed.

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Building information modeling (BIM) is the use of computer aided design technology in embedding objects with information into building components. Building information modeling is an integrated process that allows the digital exploration of a project’s ...

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Computer Aided Design (CAD) involves the use of computers in the construction industry to perform design jobs. ICT is widely used in the construction industry due to the several advantages that it has over the manual applications. Information technology involves the use of hardware, software and liveware that work together in order to store, retrieve and manipulate data in a computer system. The main purpose of an IT system is to process data and give out the results as information. Information technology is very useful in the day to day activities of human life. ICT is being utilized in almost ...